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Satapatha-brahmana [sanskrit]
147,532 words | ISBN-10: 812080113X | ISBN-13: 9788120801134
The Sanskrit text of the Satapatha-brahmana: One of the largest works in the category of Vedic (Brahmaic) literature, narrating in extensive detail the various rites, constructions, chants and utensils to be used in Hindu ceremonies. Alternative titles: Śatapathabrāhmaṇa (शतपथब्राह्मण), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (शतपथ-ब्राह्मण) Shatapathabrahma (shatapatha).
Verse 4.5.2.12
purudasmo viṣurūpa induriti | bahudāna iti haitadyadāha purudasma iti viṣurūpa iti viṣurūpā iva hi garbhā indurantarmahimānamānañja dhīra ityantarhyeṣa mātaryakto bhavatyekapadīṃ dvipadīṃ tripadīṃ catuṣpadīmaṣṭāpadīm bhuvanānu prathantāṃ svāheti prathayatyevaināmetatsubhūyo ha jayatyaṣṭāpadyeṣṭvā yaducānaṣṭāpadyā
Preview of English translation:
12. With (Vajasaneyi Samhita VIII, 30), “The bountiful multiform juice,”—by 'bountiful' he means to say (the bestower) “of numerous gifts;” and 'the multiform' he says, because embryos are, as it were, multiform,—“The strong juice hath invested itself with greatness:”—for it (the embryo) is indeed invested in the mother.—“May the worlds spread along her, the one-footed, two-footed, three-footed, four-footed, eight-footed,”—“Hail!” He thereby magnifies her (the cow): far more, forsooth, does he gain by offering an eight-footed one, than by one not eight-footed.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 4.5.2.12
The Satapatha Brahmana (In Five Volumes)
by Julius Eggeling (1882)
2551 pages; [Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]
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The Satapatha Brahmana (3 volumes)
by Dr Jeet Ram Bhatt (2009)
Sanskrit Text with English Translation; 1726 pages; [Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers]; ISBN: 9788178541693
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The Satapatha Brahmana (With The Commentary of Sayanacarya and Harisvamin)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2002)
3483 pages; [शतपथ ब्राह्मणम्] According to the Madhyandina Recension; Commetaries: (1) Vedarthaprakash (Vedartha-prakasha) by Shrimat-Trayibhashyakar Sayanacharya, (2) Sarvavidyanidhana Kavindracharya Saraswati.
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Studies in the Satapatha-Brahmana
by Dr. (Mrs.) Santi Banerjee (1993)
236 pages; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]
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Cultural Study of the Satapatha Brahman (in Hindi)
by Dr. Urmila Devi Sharma (1982)
106 pages; Shatapatha Brahmana Ek Sanskritik Adhyan; [Publisher: Meharchand Lakshmandas Publications]
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